DJ Hairy Larry Presents Sweet Magnolia Band Playing You're The Kind Of Woman
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-02-08

Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a blast from the past, an original song recorded by a Little Rock band in 1973.

My friend, John Good, got in touch with me last year. I hadn't seen him since the nineties when he played in Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians. He also played at Blues Fest with his own band under his stage name, Duke.

He had some recordings that he had made at his studio, Rockin' John Recording in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He worked with me and we released a double album recorded in 2000 and in 2024-2025 called "Honky Tonk Joy".

In the liner notes I wrote:

It's been a joy working with John Good, compiling this extensive collection of Central Arkansas music. Musicians featured go back to The Chaps and Sweet Magnolia Band, so this is my gateway into the past, from the sixties to the present and off into the future. Besides working with me on this album John has been helping KASU catalog and present this Arkansas music scene that has lasted for over 50 years.

So today I'm going to feature Sweet Magnolia Band singing "You're The Kind Of Woman" from their self titled album recorded in 1973. John Good wrote the song and played on the album.

Now Sweet Magnolia Band was a rock band that was very much in tune with the rock audience in the seventies and they were very popular. Their album got some FM album airplay, which, at the time, was the best thing going.

Listed on the album were:

Mike Scoggins
Gary Ray
Phil Schenker
John Good
David Raddle
and
Wade Pemberton

Now most of these guys played on the John Good and Friends album, all those years later.

For album art, liner notes, and a link to the songs, visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

And now, recorded in 1973, here's Sweet Magnolia Band singing "You're The Kind Of Woman", a song that John Good wrote.

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Sweet Magnolia Band Playing You're The Kind Of Woman
Something Blue - Mountain - 29 second spot
https://sbblues.com/2026/02/08/dj-hairy-larry-presents-sweet-magnolia-band-playing-youre-the-kind-of-woman/

Sweet Magnolia Band - Sweet Magnolia Band
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG-InimcgCwPI7ZVNEc_6Bg1UFntj6XYc

Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
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John Good and Friends - Honky Tonk Joy
https://archive.org/details/honky-tonk-joy

Essie "The Blues Lady" Neal
KASU Bluesday Tuesday In Newport, Arkansas on July 13, 2009
https://archive.org/details/private_lessons_with_bb_king

Suzanne Michell  - Winter Interlude
https://archive.org/details/winter_interlude

KASU Arkansas Roots
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And that's Sweet Magnolia Band singing "You're The Kind Of Woman", great Arkansas music recorded in 1973. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more from the Sweet Magnolia Band Album, John Good, Essie Neal, and Suzanne Michell.

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DJ Hairy Larry With John Good Singing Willie And The Hand Jive
Something Blue - Mountain - 29 second spot

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sweet Magnolia Band, Essie Neal, John Good, and Suzanne Michell. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at https://kasu.org.

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Something Blue - Mountain - February 14, 2025

Sweet Magnolia Band - Sweet Magnolia Band
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG-InimcgCwPI7ZVNEc_6Bg1UFntj6XYc

John Good and Friends - Honky Tonk Joy
https://archive.org/details/honky-tonk-joy

Essie "The Blues Lady" Neal
KASU Bluesday Tuesday In Newport, Arkansas on July 13, 2009
https://archive.org/details/private_lessons_with_bb_king

Suzanne Michell  - Winter Interlude
https://archive.org/details/winter_interlude

KASU Arkansas Roots
https://www.kasu.org
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Sweet Magnolia Band - Mountain Song-Wishin Well

Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the blues, for you.

Essie Neal - Private Lessons With BB King
Sweet Magnolia Band - 10 Days Over 23 Years

Now that's what I'm talking about. We heard Sweet Magnolia Band sing "Mountain Song-Wishin Well" and "10 Days Over 23 Years". Sweet Magnolia Band was a Little Rock act that recorded their self titled album in 1973. My friend, John Good, sent me a CD with the tracks digitized from the LP.

Sandwiched in between there we heard Essie "The Blues Lady" Neal play the blues while she sang about her "Private Lessons With BB King".

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to listen anytime and for links to more music by the featured musicians.

Coming up next we'll hear John Good and Friends sing "Hurricane", Essie Neal will do her original song "Which Way Did My Friends Go", and then John Good and Friends will play "Willie and the Hand Jive".

John Good and Friends - Hurricane
Essie Neal - Which Way Did My Friends Go
John Good and Friends - Willie and the Hand Jive
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John Good and Friends - Remedy
Sweet Magnolia Band - Lay Back And Take It Easy
Suzanne Michell - God Bless The Child

All right now, that's Suzanne Michell playing "God Bless The Child" from her album "Winter Interlude" recorded on her Steinway Baby Grand at her teaching studio in Little Rock. Before that John Good and Friends sang "Remedy" and Sweet Magnolia Band did "Lay Back And Take It Easy". I want to thank John Good for helping with this wonderful Arkansas music by the Sweet Magnolia Band.

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. For more great Arkansas music tune in to Arkansas Roots on KASU, Monday through Friday during the noon hour and then for a longer show on Saturdays. You can hear my musicology podcast, From The Archives Of Something Blue, on Arkansas Roots on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

I recorded Essie "The Blues Lady" Neal at KASU Bluesday Tuesday in Newport. Essie is also from Little Rock.

Ok now, closing the show we'll hear Essie Neal sing "Loser Goodbye" followed by Suzanne Michell playing "Tenderly" and "Sie Big Sie Mohr Anachie Gordon".

Essie Neal - Loser Goodbye
Suzanne Michell - Tenderly
Suzanne Michell - Sie Big Sie Mohr Anachie Gordon

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Now Playing On Something Blue - Penultimate
https://sbblues.com/2026/02/07/penultimate/

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